Vegetable or meat cutter.



No. 739,270. PATENTEDY SEPT. 15',- 19013.. 7 W. F. WAGNER; r

VEGETABLE 0R MEAT CUTTER APPLICATION nun SEPT. 27. 19 1. no MODEL. zsums-sum z.

jnzlrifrl- Improvementsin Vegetable orMeat Cutters;

UNITED STATES Tatented September 15, 190? PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM F. WAGNER, OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS;

VEGE TABLE OR MEAT CUTTER;

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters mat No. 7a9,27o, dated September15, 1903;

Application filed September 27, 1901. Serial mfveneo; (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. WAGNER, acitizen of the United States,residing at Peoria, in the county of Peoria and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact-description of the invention,whichwill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in cutters,and especially to that class known as vegetable and meat cutters,wherein a device is constructed being well adapted for thepurposedesigned and cheap at first cost.

More particularly my invention has reference to a vegetable-cutterprovided Witha knife and a pusher and combined therewith a sectionalfeeder having a swinging connection with the frame parts to facilitatethe slicing of beans.

My invention consists, essentially, of a standard or suitableframe-support having connected therewitha table or trough of suitableconstruction which is arranged to carry a suitable cutter, of a feederhaving a swinging relation in connection with the table or troughcarried at the forward end thereof and arranged to be in close proximityto the cutter when swung into working position, of a shield attached tothe feeder for the protection of the hand and a series of pockets withopen faces adjacent to the cutter, and of details of constructionhereinafter more fully described in the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification, in Which--' Figure 1 is an elevation of acutter, showing my improvements. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinalsection of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view. Fig. 4 is a verticalcross-section illustrating the swinging feeder, and Fig. 5 is across-section of the frame'on the line X X.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

1 indicates a suitable standard or frame-' support having the flaredportion 2 and the lower angle-frame part 3, suitably arranged to adaptthe standard or frame-support to be fixed to a table or other support.

4 refers to a table or trough semicircular v in shape, with its convexside arranged to be attached to the standard 1 by means of the lips 5,to which the standard is secured, and the cleat 6 in the center portionof the trough, as shown.

7 is a tubular bearing forming a part of the trough, in which isarranged to be journaled (or pivoted, if so desired) a cutter,(indicated I and outlined by dotted lines 8.) On the opposite side ofthe trough-and at opposite ends thereof are shown suitable ears 9 and 9in which is secured a rod or spindle 10, extending the length of thetrough, and intermediate the two ears 9 and 9 and near to the front endof the trough is arranged a similar ear 11, and it is in between theears 9 and 11 that I connect the swinging feeder to the part of thepusher, and it would perform the The same function as it now does'in twoseparate parts.

13 is a member of my device which is re ferred to as the swingingfeeder. The lower face of the same is of suitable contour to adapt it tofit snugly in the trough 4 when swung into position and is providedwith-the ear 14:, having bearing on the spindle or rod 10, and 15 is aguard-plate extending up from the body of the feeder and lies adjacentto the cutter when in position for' the protection of the hand andfingers when feeding beans to the feeder. The front face of the feederis shown fluted, providing the grooves or pockets 17, of which there isa series, separated by the thin partitions 18, forming a part of thebody, and the grooves or pockets 17 have the rounded back'portion 19.These pockets or grooves are tapered, as shown, and

converge from the top to the bottom of the main body 13, and thearrangement of the feeder itself to the trough is obliquely to thecentral bearing-line of the support for the trough. This arrangementwill permit of a draw out of the cutter or cutters as the same engagethe beans as they are fed to the feeder.

20 is an ear arranged on the feeder to be dropped in between the lips 21on the hearing 7 when in working position to insure the same being heldto its work.

I have not paid any attention to the detail construction of the cutteror pusher, as I do not wish to confine myself to a rotary,reciprocating, or swinging cutter nor to any particular form of pusher,as I am aware that it will work with one as well as another, and also Ido not wish to be limited to the exact construction and application ofthe feeder, as various changes may be made and details resorted towithout affecting the principle of invention herein.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-- 1. The combinationwith a vegetable-cutter comprising a frame-support arranged with atrough and a suitable cutter, of a swinging feeder provided with afluted face, all arranged substantially as described. 2. The combinationwith a feeder for vegetable-cutters, comprising a member having aswinging connection with the frame, of a series of converging grooves orpockets in the member and a guard-plate, substantially for the purposedescribed.

3. In a vegetable-cutter, the combination of a support, a trougharranged on the support and arranged to carry a suitable cutter, afeeder having a swinging connection with the trough and provided with aseries of converging grooves or pockets arranged in avertical lineextending obliquely to the central bearing-line of the support, aguard-plate from the feeder and means of looking it from lateralmovement, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM F. WAGNER. Witnesses:

CHAS. W. LA FORTE, ROBERT N. MCCORMICK.

